Temperate Quotations

New England waters are some of my favorite - they are some of the richest waters because they are temperate waters and nutrient-rich, and therefore provide food for so many animals, from giant whales to sharks to everything else.

In setting out the walls of a city the choice of a healthy situation is of the first importance: it should be on high ground, neither subject to fogs nor rains; its aspects should be neither violently hot nor intensely cold, but temperate in both respects.

No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end of sorrow through meditation.

We almost have three parks here, ... A wonderful wild coastline. We have the largest temperate rainforest in North America -- and, of course, a superlative alpine zone with a lot of plant species.

Now is a good time to address those issues, especially with a temperate climate like New Jersey.

In temperate zones, winter is the best insecticide; it keeps the bugs in check. The tropics enjoy no such respite, so plants there have developed a wide range of alkaloids that kill off nosy insects and animals.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious,Loyal and neutral, in a moment?No man.

We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both